'This is where I grew up. The only business I know is cinema.'
'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.'
It was a day with a difference for industry icons Salim-Javed, who transformed Hindi cinema in the 1970s with films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewar and Don, when their families got together to hail them on stage.
The 23rd Indian Television Academy awards brightened the weekend for some film folk who took home awards for their work this year.
'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless. But look the girls today. They are as practical as my Meena was in Pyaasa so many years ago.'
Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Aamir Khan, Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar all feature on Farah Khan's list.
Kahaani director Sujoy Ghosh lists film stories that he absoloutely loves.
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
Sex, violence, song or dance -- the monsoon serves multiple purposes in Hindi movies. With the onset of the rains, it's the perfect occasion to highlight all the cool, crazy reasons Bollywood uses it as an excuse for.
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
Tejaswini Ganti discusses her book on the changing face of Bollywood.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of our best ruling the roost of Hindi cinema right now.
We look at movies that best symbolise the letters of the alphabet!
Sukanya Verma compiles the most LOL-worthy scenes we've seen in Hindi films till date.
If Sanjay Leela Bhansali could make Mumbai's Kamathipura sparkle in Gangubai Kathiawadi, Heera Mandi is bound to be drowned in glitter, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'All the action you will see is primarily live... Akshay sir and I running through fire, through bomb blasts, using actual weaponry... all the action scenes are real.'
'My music is my life. I can never be dishonest with my compositions.'
The famed Norwegian actress and director added she was impressed with the culture and tradition visible in India's cinema.
They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'Our viewers have grown up over the years.' 'Today, they want to see something which is sensible, a story rooted in logic rather than jingoism.'
'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.'
On Alia's 31st birthday on March 15, Subhash K Jha looks at her best films.
Writer, director, actor, singer, producer, Farhan Akhtar dons many, MANY hats and makes the world, well Hindi cinema for sure, a cooler place.
'He is a phenomenal guy.' 'The clarity with which he does his work and the way he wants to present it to the rest of India, I'm amazed at it.'
One of Hindi cinema's most high-profile couples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3.
Javed Akhtar is a treasure chest, full of stories. Some of the stories may touch your heart, like his struggle to become a writer in Hindi cinema, and others, where people still don't recognise him, even after all these years.
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
Subhash K Jha celebrates the Ram Mandir pran pratishtha ceremony by picking some memorable Ram bhajans from movies you may not have heard of.
'I didn't want to do a highlight reel with greatest hits of Yash Raj Films.' 'I wanted to do an actual story.'
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Javed Akhtar picked son Farhan Akhtar's birthday on January 9 to release his coffee table book, Jadunama.
On Tuesday, when trends indicated she was going to win her election, the four-time National Award winner said, 'Heartfelt gratitude to all the people of Mandi for this love and trust... This victory belongs to all of you, this is the victory of your trust in Prime Minister Modi and the BJP, this is the victory of Sanatan and in the honour of Mandi.'
'I crave to do a film about lost kingdoms, kings in exiles and ethereal princesses.'
'I understand what a great responsibility it is to be a part of the Don dynasty. I hope the audience gives me a chance and showers me with love, the way they have for numerous characters over the past so many years.'
From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
'The last four-five years have been a bit of a ride for me and my family.'
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold.
